Hundreds of supporters and patrons of Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater attended four separate performances this past Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the opening of the Doug and Debby Anderson Studio.
After 28 years of restoring and reviving Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, Doug and Debby Anderson are getting a lasting honor: their names on the first room to open in the new THT expansion.
Standing in the gazebo one day, looking out over the Middlebury town green, I realized that the view hasn’t changed in 100 years.
When Doug Anderson first taught a course on the “American Musical,” he didn’t have a lot of technology at his disposal. He had, basically, a pile of cassette tapes.
Fifteen years ago, Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater re-opened after a long community effort to restore the historic landmark. Since then, it has been a Vermont success story, hosting 2,500 events and attracting half a million guests.
When I got to p.16 of the February edition I yelped out loud, for there was a glowing 3-page feature on Middlebury architect John McLeod — and it’s the second time the magazine has featured his firm.
“People don’t change, you just get to know them better.” That is the reoccurring line/theme of Douglas Anderson’s first musical production, “Welcome to Paradise,” which will debut this month at the Town Hall Theater.
Add a little razz-ma-tazz to your life and shake off any winter doldrums with “A History of the American Musical,” a four-class series taught by Town Hall Theater Artistic Director Doug Anderson. This might sound familiar, and it is. Anderson taught the s … (read more)
MIDDLEBURY — During turbulent times, it often takes great courage to speak out against injustice. German minister Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s heroic resistance to Adolph Hilter is the subject of a play by Town Hall Theater’s artistic director, Douglas Anderson, … (read more)
MIDDLEBURY — Douglas Anderson has had an eclectic professional career. Educator. Writer. Producer. Director. And let’s throw in “quote machine” for good measure. “You make plans for the future, but the future is something that happens to you,” the ubiquit … (read more)
